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Subulina

Subulina
A live individual of Subulina striatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Subulina Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Bulimus octonus Bruguière, 1789
Synonyms
Achatina (Subulina) H. Beck, 1837 (original rank) Rumina (Subulina) H. Beck, 1837 (unaccepted rank) Stenogyra (Subulina) H. Beck, 1837

Subulina is a genus of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.^[2]

Subulina is the type genus of the subfamily Subulininae.^[3]

The genus Subulina includes the following species:

• Subulina abdita Poey, 1858: synonym of Leptinaria striosa (C. B. Adams, 1849) (junior synonym)
• Subulina angustata (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Homorus angustatus (Jickeli, 1873)
• Subulina angustior (Dohrn, 1866): synonym of Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831)
• Subulina antinorii (Morelet, 1872): synonym of Homorus antorinii (Morelet, 1872)
• Subulina arabica Connolly, 1941: synonym of Homorus arabicus (Connolly, 1941) (original combination)
• Subulina castanea E. von Martens, 1895: synonym of Oreohomorus castaneus (E. von Martens, 1895)
• Subulina chiradzuluensis E. A. Smith, 1899: synonym of Subuliniscus chiradzuluensis (E. A. Smith, 1899) (original combination)
• Subulina crystallina Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896: synonym of Opeas crystallinum (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) (original combination)
• Subulina cyanostoma Beck, 1837: synonym of Achatina cyanostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1842: synonym of Homorus cyanostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1842) (nomen nudum)
• Subulina cylindracea Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Subulona cylindracea (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
• Subulina dohertyi E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of Nothapalus dohertyi (E. A. Smith, 1903) (original combination)
• Subulina elegans E. von Martens, 1895: synonym of Ischnoglessula elegans (E. von Martens, 1895) (original combination)
• Subulina eulimoides Preston, 1909: synonym of Opeas eulimoides (Preston, 1909) (original combination)
• Subulina glaucocyanea Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896: synonym of Euonyma acus (Morelet, 1889)
• Subulina grandis Madge, 1938: synonym of Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831): synonym of Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831) (junior synonym)
• Subulina isseli Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Pseudopeas isseli (Jickeli, 1874) (original combination)
• Subulina jickelii Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Homorus variabilis var. jickelii (Bourguignat, 1879): synonym of Homorus variabilis (Jickeli, 1873) (original combination)
• Subulina jouberti Bourguignat, 1890: synonym of Subulona jouberti (Bourguignat, 1890) (original combination)
• Subulina kempi Preston, 1912: synonym of Nothapalinus kempi (Preston, 1912) (original combination)
• Subulina laeocochlis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896: synonym of Euonyma laeocochlis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1896) (original combination)
• Subulina lagariensis E. A. Smith, 1904: synonym of Subulona lagariensis (E. A. Smith, 1904) (original combination)
• Subulina lenta E. A. Smith, 1880: synonym of Subulona lenta (E. A. Smith, 1880) (original combination)
• Subulina lhotellerii Bourguignat, 1879: synonym of Homorus variabilis var. lhotellerii (Bourguignat, 1879): synonym of Homorus variabilis (Jickeli, 1873) (original combination)
• Subulina maurtiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of Allopeas mauritianum (L. Pfeiffer, 1853): synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (superseded combination)
• † Subulina nitidula Klika, 1891: synonym of † Pseudoleacina nitidula (Klika, 1891) (new combination)
• Subulina octana [sic]: synonym of Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted > misspelling)
• Subulina paucispira E. von Martens, 1892: synonym of Nothapalus paucispira (E. von Martens, 1892) (original combination)
• Subulina perrieriana Bourguignat, 1883: synonym of Homorus perrierianus (Bourguignat, 1883) (original combination)
• Subulina pietersburgensis Preston, 1909: synonym of Opeas lineare (F. Krauss, 1848)
• Subulina pinguis E. von Martens, 1895: synonym of Subulona pinguis (E. von Martens, 1895)
• Subulina plebeia (Morelet, 1885): synonym of Pseudopeas plebeium (Morelet, 1885) (superseded combination)
• Subulina porrecta E. von Martens, 1898: synonym of Mayaxis porrecta (E. von Martens, 1898) (original combination)
• Subulina purcelli Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Euonyma purcelli (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901) (original combination)
• Subulina ruwenzoriensis Pollonera, 1907: synonym of Subuliniscus ruwenzoriensis (Pollonera, 1907) (original combination)
• Subulina sargi Crosse & P. Fischer, 1877: synonym of Pseudosubulina sargi (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1877) (original combination)
• Subulina servaini Mabille, 1887: synonym of Tortaxis servaini (Mabille, 1887) (original combination)
• Subulina solidiuscula E. A. Smith, 1880: synonym of Subulona solidiuscula (E. A. Smith, 1880) (original combination)
• Subulina splendens Thiele, 1910: synonym of Homorus splendens (Thiele, 1910) (original combination)
• Subulina striatella (Rang, 1831): synonym of Striosubulina striatella (Rang, 1831) (superseded combination)
• Subulina strigilis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901: synonym of Opeas strigile (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1901) (original combination)
• Subulina suaveolans Jickeli, 1874: synonym of Homorus suaveolatus (Jickeli, 1873) (unjustified subsequent emendation)
• Subulina subulata (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Homorus subulatus (Jickeli, 1873)
• Subulina trochlea (L. Pfeiffer, 1842): synonym of Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789) (junior synonym)
• Subulina tugelensiis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897: synonym of Euonyma tugelensis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1897) (original combination)
• Subulina uncta E. A. Smith, 1903: synonym of Nothapalus unctus (E. A. Smith, 1903) (original combination)
• Subulina variabilis (Jickeli, 1873): synonym of Homorus variabilis (Jickeli, 1873)
• Subulina victoriae (Kobelt, 1913): synonym of Subulina entebbana (Pollonera, 1907) (junior synonym)
• Subulina virgo Preston, 1911: synonym of Cecilioides virgo (Preston, 1911) (original combination)

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• ITIS info
• Beck, H. (1837). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 1–99. Hafniae
• Nevill, G. (1869). Additional notes on the land-shells of the Seychelles Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1869: 61–66
• Poinar, G. O., Jr. & Roth, B. (1991). Terrestrial snails (Gastropoda) in Dominican amber. The Veliger. 34(3): 253–258
• Breure, A. S. H. & Araujo, R. (2017). The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the “Comisión Científica del Pacífico.”. PeerJ. 5, e3065.

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